I usually accurately label all of my photos, but I guess that I just assumed that most ZooChatters knew what was contained in Predator Ridge. There are lions, spotted hyenas and African wild dogs rotating through two large enclosures and one smaller one.
An excerpt from my 2012 review:
This award-winning complex opened in 2004 and features a rotating mix of lions, spotted hyenas and African wild dogs in 3 exhibits that resemble Samburu National Park in Kenya. Two of the enclosures are large, grassy yards with many massive boulders in the background to simulate the feeling of walking within an African kopje. There are issues with sightlines as often it is possible to look across the habitat and see other humans looking back at you, but overall it is a worthy addition to the zoo and one of the best lion complexes in America. The third yard is a small side exhibit with a long line of viewing windows and within it are often elderly animals, youngsters or even healthy carnivores being shifted out of the main exhibit yards. A large air-conditioned building has mock-rock in the visitor section to help immerse people into a kopje, large viewing windows into both main habitats, and side exhibits for these 3 species: African rock python, puff adder and Nile monitor.
Predator Ridge has more to it than the trio of carnivores as there are African crested porcupines, African crowned cranes, banded mongooses, leopard tortoises and spur-winged plovers in small yards. The entire entrance area was redone in 2004 and it is excellent as there is plenty of space that avoids constant congestion. Lots of metal animal statues abound, there are clearly-labeled visitor amenities and the two-level main gift shop is one of the best that I’ve ever seen. People remember the lions, hyenas and wild dogs but Predator Ridge and the fairly new entrance complex combine to form a powerful first impression of this great zoo.
I usually accurately label all of my photos, but I guess that I just assumed that most ZooChatters knew what was contained in Predator Ridge. There are lions, spotted hyenas and African wild dogs rotating through two large enclosures and one smaller one.
